Template:Did you know nominations/William A. Starrett

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:57, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

William A. Starrett[edit]

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Empire State Building

... ~~that William A. Starrett was the builder of the Empire State Building (pictured)?~~

Source William A. Starrett, builder of the Empire State Building succumbs

ALT1 ... that William A. Starrett, father of the skyscraper, was the builder of the Empire State Building (pictured)?

Source The father of the skyscraper, Col. William A. Starrett...

Source Colonel William A. Starrett, former mayor of Madison, was the builder of the great Empire State Building...

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Twelve Fantasias for Viola da Gamba solo

Created by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 12:10, 28 July 2017 (UTC).

New enough, long enough, neutral, well cite, 3.8% on copyvio detector, QPQ checks out. I'd just suggest a slightly different hook:

ALT2 ... that William A. Starrett, the builder of the Empire State Building (pictured), is known as the father of the skyscraper?
ALT3 ... that William A. Starrett, the builder of the Empire State Building (pictured), was once nicknamed the father of the skyscraper?

I'd also appreciate some more mentions of him calling him "father of the skyscraper" before using ALT1/2, since other names pop up far more frequently for that phrase in search engines. Daß Wölf 00:26, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Daß Wölf Let's go with ALT3. I was bold and stuck out the other options.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 10:40, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Alright then, good to go :) Daß Wölf 15:06, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Comment to Promoter - can this be placed #1 in the DYK queue with the picture of the Empire State Building. I think it will get a lot of hits. Thanks!!--Doug Coldwell (talk) 18:04, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but the hook seems very run of the mill. How about:
ALT4: ... that William A. Starrett, builder of the Empire State Building (pictured), sent his steel construction technology to Japan so they could design buildings to resist earthquakes? Yoninah (talk) 14:01, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Let's go with the very nice ALT4 suggestion - was bold and struck out ALT3, since it will not be used.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 14:07, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Calling on another reviewer to approve ALT4. Pinging @Daß Wölf:. Yoninah (talk) 15:19, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

Sure, refs check out :) Daß Wölf 23:24, 31 July 2017 (UTC)